Loss and damage

An article by Petra Tschakert and colleagues synthesises the depth and breadth of tangible and intangible losses that people around the world may experience as a result of climate change. Key takeaways include:

• There is a need for more data from low income countries, which represented only 11% of case studies reviewed
• Damage is observed across the world, and loss and at-risk sentiments are reported in nearly all regions
• For indigenous groups, values such as culture, lifestyle, traditions and heritage, sense of place, identity, self-determination were seen as most imperiled. For nonindigenous groups, there was proportionally more evidence of harms to human life, economic outcomes, and dignity being imperiled
• Current research likely significantly underestimates non-economic loss and damage for people living in low-income nations